Meh. ANOTHER WordPress Update. Aw, COME ON!!!

May 20, 2011 — Mrs. Mecomber
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I saw in my WordPress Dashboard “News” feed that another WordPress update is in the works. Good God, when will this madness end?

It seems like just yesterday that we released WordPress 3.1

Dudes, it WAS just yesterday….. *sigh* Little do they realize that many of us hesitate after a new release, preferring to wait and watch the experts fix the bugs and warn us of problems before updating. But we don’t even have time to do that anymore. As soon as an update is released, there’s another one on the factory belt!

This is getting a little unbearable. I like WordPress and all.. and it’s free so I’m REALLY grateful. But PLEASE. Every couple of months?! We have lives.

P.S. This is not a good time to praise the virtues of Blogger. Cuz I ain’t switching. ;)

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The Dearth of Good Themes

January 10, 2011 — Mrs. Mecomber

I think I’ve tried half a dozen themes on this blog in 12 months. Sorry, friends. I just cannot seem to find the *perfect* theme. Maybe I am too picky??

One of the reasons I switched from Blogger to WordPress was because of the wonderful themes in WordPress. Lots of high-quality themes abounded, many of them free. And over the past year or two of blogging, the WP themes have really upped the ante for tremendously beautiful and versatile themes. New themes have javascript, sliders, gorgeous visual effects and virtual toolbox effects. I love these kinds of themes. But many of the old themes, while still good, seem outdated now. And I a mo not finding many new themes that have the slick new features and are free. It seems that the era of beautiful free themes is over?

Anyway, I have purchased two themes from WooThemes. I’m going to try the BusyBee theme here. [didn't look good, so I'm sticking with current theme until I can find a better one]. I dislike the bland gray, black, blue, or white themes, and that seems to be all we’re getting spoonfed these days.

Dear theme designers– Please make themes in colors, BRIGHT colors. I’m tired of the gray and black and blue themes. Thanks.

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Tinkering with New Template

October 5, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber
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Things may look a little screwy here for a short time. I’ve discovered a new WordPress theme website, and am loving the templates! I’ll have more information on it, later, I hope. For now, I’m tinkering with the themes, so things may look a little strange around here for the time being.

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WordPress Themes Site

August 17, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

I’m on a roll! You can never have too many themes for your blog, now can you? ;) This one is WPRex – free wordpress themes. It touts itself as the “Best Free WordPress Themes For Free.” The themes are very nice. Many of them are the popular magazine style. I rather like the Elegant News and Magnalitus themes. I’ve been searching for a new theme for this blog (I have never found one that I liked *just right*), so I’ll be hunting again, when I have more time.

You can search by color, columns, theme topic, etc. No registration or login is required to download a theme, either (I hate that). Nice themes here, check them out.

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I Survived the Update to 3.0

July 13, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

Well, I took the plunge. To WordPress 3.0.

For you WordPress newbies out there, I remember the olden days, back… Ohhhh… TWO years ago before WP incorporated the automatic upgrade feature. Back then, we used to have to update our blogs manually. As in SAVE everything first. As in upload (via FTP) all the new files. As in “hold your breath and pray it doesn’t explode” updates. Nothing bad every happened to me, thankfully, (didn’t stop me from making billions of backups, though), but I heard horror stories about folks whose entire blogs self-destructed.

Anyway, it’s easier now. But the old terror still clings as I hit the “upgrade now!” button.

All’s well that ends well. I updated 12 blogs, and all are OK.

Whew.

Oh, and how is WP 3.0?

It’s OK. I don’t see much difference. They added some features that I don’t need, so its not much different besides the light blue color and the fact that my username doesn’t automatically save so I can log in (so I have to type it in each time)> What is up with that, anyway?

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Wowee Woo Themes

April 9, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

It’s spring. As is my *usual* custom, I’m in the process of organizing my blog themes, weeding out extraneous stuff, and going with a new look for many of them. I purchased a few themes from Woo Themes last year (Fresh News and Busy Bee), and have been very impressed with the quality. Moreover, when I have a problem or a question on customizing the theme, Woo Themes has a support forum. I’m just really impressed– the guys there seem to go the second mile. I don’t want my themes to be too redundant, but I haven’t found a better theme than Fresh News and I can’t stop using it!

Anyway, I love Woo Themes. The themes are very pricey but they are worth it. Kudos to the Woo Themes team.

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